Fine Mamluk Koran - 700 Yrs old. Princely Quality Quran Start Price USD 150,000.00 Current Price USD 150,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, May 14, 2008 End Time Saturday, May 24, 2008 Location AZAZI COLLECTION See more about 'Fine Mamluk Koran - 700 Yrs old. Princely Quality Quran' Description   FINE FULLY ILLUMINATED QURAN Copy executed for a Mamluk prince or some such eminent person Dimensions: 321 mm (12.6 inches) by 229 mm (9 inches). Pagination: 273 leaves. Period: Egypt or Syria . Around AD 1320. (= Hijri 720). Script: Muhaqqaq. Paper: Thick, polished, cream paper. The paper, a high-quality Mamluk type, feels like vellum and is still very strong and flexible. Binding: Eighteenth-century Ottoman leather binding with gilt-stamped central medallion and corner pieces. Illumination 1.   Five pages of full illumination as follows: ·     Opening double folio with geometric and foliate illumination in colours and gold. ·     The above-mentioned is followed by another double folio of illumination in colors and gold for the first two suras (chapters) of the quran. (‘al-hamdu’ & ‘albaqara’) ·     The quran ends with a fully illuminated page. 2.   The title of each sura is placed within an illuminated cartouche  extending into the margin. Many of these cartouches are still fresh and clean with the gold still shiny and the colours strong and rich. 3.   Gold roses at the end of verses. Numerous marginal devices marking the divisions of ayas (verses). 4.   The word 'allah' (a frequently occurring word) is written throughout in gold outlined in black. Occasionally, whole phrases are copied in gold in the same way. 5.   In most Korans, the basmalah is written in black. However in our Koran, the 'basmalah' at the beginning of each sura is written in gold outlined in black. Condition One half leaf is a later replacement, occasional soiling and smudging, some minor water-staining in the upper inner margin towards the end of the koran, a few pages with tiny and mostly inconspicuous wormholes. Condition overall is very good. All the experts who saw our koran were impressed by how good its condition overall is. To summarize, as a mamluk 700-year-old book, the condition of our koran can be described as very good (8 out 10). Bid with Confidence Over the past six years, the seller sold through eBay several expensive items (e.g. Johnson's Dictionary (1st ed) for 14000 dollars). All those who bought from him were pleased with their purchases and recorded their satisfaction in positive feedbacks. Payment - Personal Collection and/or Shipment Shipping charges: Shipping is free. Insurance will be charged at 2% of the final value. Personal collection: Payment for this listing should be made by wire (bank to bank) transfer. However, if you intend to collect the item directly from the seller and pay for this item at the same time, you should secure the consent of the seller to this method of payment before bidding. Enquiries If you have questions and enquiries about any aspect of this sale, send your questions to me first. Only when your enquiries have been answered to your satisfaction, proceed to bid! azazi's Pledge I guarantee the authenticity of all my listings. I also guarantee that my descriptions of condition include all essential facts about the item offered for sale. By 'essential' I mean facts which play a significant role in determining the price of the item in question. If you buy any thing from me and find that its description was misleading as to its quality or condition, you email me with your objections. If I agree with you, you will get a full refund of the price you paid for the item. I will also refund in full your shipping charges and wire transfer fees. You only bear the cost of returning the unwanted item by registered and insured airmail. If the grounds for your dissatisfaction were in my opinion unreasonable and/or immaterial as to determining the financial value of the item, you can still return your purchase but you forfeit ten percent of the price of the disputed item i.e. you get ninety percent of the price you paid for it. Additionally, you do not get any refund for the shipping charges or bank transfer fees. A bookcase in the azazi collection   To enlarge the above picture, click on this line. To enlarge the above picture even more, click on this line. To enlarge the above picture, click on this line. To enlarge the above picture even more, click on this line. To enlarge the above picture, click on this line. To enlarge the above picture even more, click on this line. To enlarge the above picture, click on this line. 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